<i>Hecuba</i> Revisited. Euripidean Echoes in Libanius <i>Or.</i> 22.22

<p>In describing a woman’s supplication of a<em> magister militum</em> after the Antioch riots of 387, Libanius revised Chrysostom’s version so as to invoke Hecuba and show the humanity of the <em>magister militum </em>and the value of pagan<em> paideia.</em>...

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Main Author: Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2014-02-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/14801